Health Walk - Thursday 28th February 2019   

Photos by Michael S & Sheila T - Please click on photos to see a larger one!

Today we had thirty-three walkers.  

Sheila "A cooler day today but still fine for most of the walk - a little misty drizzle later in the walk.  33 Walkers today - 7 as visitors who I couldn't see on the system including 6 from a local WI.  Carmel led the main group with Elizabeth back marking and David H the shorter walk with Margaret back marking."

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Carmel doing her introductions

She led us up into the Car Park then turned down into the Pinetum passing the 'Old Man of the Tree', walking passed

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the Walled Orchard (The strange tents are for a 'Wedding Fare' event - see bottom right of Photo 1).

She took us out of the Pinetum and down Cardiac Hill, over the Wooden Bridge, up into Gravel Hole Wood, along into Dog Kennel Wood and out on to Cam Lane before passing through the Kissing Gate into the Field.

Continuing along Cam Lane to Hawks Clough where she dropped down over the footbridge and started to climb

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gradually along the path.  Here the first Blackthorn bush/tree we met full of blossom - spring is only moments away but see what it was like this time last year

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Crossing the next Footbridge before

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climbing the steps up to

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the top path before descending to the bottom of Green Wood and climbing back up to Cam Lane.

Turning right along the lane we passed the Ponderosa and dropped down to Hawks Clough again following Cam Lane through the Kissing Gate and on

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to the Lake, walking round the Dam

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Photo 13 is Photo 12 upside down

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Down the Long Steps to the Picnic Area, round

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and across the Stone Bridge and up Snake Hill back to the Visitors Centre,

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A fairly new commemoration seat

The Elite walkers went towards the Barn and turned right after the Barn to the Cinder Path from there they went to the dark side of Park the going anticlockwise round the loop and back via the Cinder Path, round the front of Cuerden Hall and back to the Visitors Centre.
We welcomed Paul Foster back after his surgery and treatment and hope he is now able to join us on a regular basis.

Thanks Carmel and David H for our walks today

Today's walks (Red Main Group, Green Short Walk Option Group).  
Where there are green arrows on the red route it means the Elite walkers had followed the main >> or the main group had followed the Elite walkers >>.

Thanks to Sheila T for supplying the photo and to Margaret for explaining the Elite route.

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Barn
Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Jenny Greenteeth
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre